Chapter 318 A Large Wave of New Students Is Approaching
When Monday came and Eriri saw Usami Mizuki arrive in the classroom, she immediately rushed over, grabbed her friend, and pulled her out of the classroom.
Usami Mizuki had only just sat down for two minutes and was startled by Eriri's actions.
Once outside, she asked in confusion, "Eriri, what's wrong?"
"Of course, it's about you!"
After an extremely affectionate weekend, Eriri remembered again that she needed to care about her good friend. She excitedly asked, "Saturday, how was the date on Saturday? Did anything special happen?"
"...It's this again, as expected."
Usami Mizuki sighed with a red face, looked at Eriri, and said, "It was just a normal outing, nothing special happened!"
"Eh~~ Really nothing?"
Eriri seemed very disappointed: "Impossible, when a boy and a girl go out alone, how could nothing happen?"
"Nothing happened!"
Usami Mizuki said with certainty, "Eriri, don't guess randomly. If something really did happen, I wouldn't deny it!"
"En~~~~"
Eriri looked left and right at Usami Mizuki, then finally gave up asking: "Alright, if nothing happened, then so be it. What a pity, I was planning to go to the zoo on Saturday, but now it seems not going out wasn't such a bad thing after all."
"...Eriri, were you really planning to follow me?"
"Hehe, how can you call it following?"
Spreading her hands, Eriri smiled and said, "I'm just caring for my good friend!"
"Then why didn't you come out?" Usami Mizuki asked curiously, "Honestly, that Saturday at the zoo, I kept having to be on guard, afraid you'd pop out from somewhere."
"Uh..."
Eriri was caught off guard by the question, awkwardly scratched her cheek, and whispered, "Well, it was the weekend, ahaha, after all, Kaede-kun and I live together."
Although she didn't explicitly say it, by mentioning Kaede and living together to this extent, Usami Mizuki quickly understood.
After all, her friend used to be a doujin artist, and her works were extremely numerous. Through their time together, Usami Mizuki had seen more or less a few of the doujinshi Eriri had drawn.
Of course, limited to the pure love genre.
Usami Mizuki, a young girl, understood such a topic, and her cheeks instantly turned red. Looking at Eriri, she said, "As expected of Eriri, who is many stages ahead of everyone else. You didn't spend the entire Saturday in bed, did you?"
"Uh... not that much."
Scratching her cheek, Eriri looked left and right, then leaned close to Usami Mizuki's ear and whispered, "It was except for Saturday and Sunday afternoons, and sleeping time."
"...Two, two days?!"
Usami Mizuki looked at Eriri in shock: "Are you two that exaggerated?"
"Hehe, not continuously! We stopped in between." Fearing someone might come by, Eriri whispered before pulling Usami Mizuki towards the classroom.
"You'll understand these things when you start dating later, hmph hmph, maybe you'll be even more exaggerated than me!"
"No way!!!"
...The third semester of the first year of high school passed without any major events, seeming much more peaceful than the previous two semesters.
Kaede and Eriri also dedicated more time to their work, and the results of their manga and light novel work noticeably improved.
And so, the first year of high school finally ended, and in April, Kaede and Eriri were promoted to their second year.
"It's April... how fast time flies."
Changing into spring clothes, Eriri looked at the trees on both sides of the street gradually sprouting new buds and said, "Kaede-kun, do you think we'll really be in the same class when the class assignments are posted?"
"Isn't that already confirmed?"
Holding Eriri's hand, Kaede said with a smile, "I already asked the teacher before. It's just assigning classes, not a big deal, just make sure you don't make a fuss when the time comes."
"Really? Hehe, that's good!"
Upon hearing Kaede's reconfirmation, Eriri finally broke into a joyful smile: "Hehe, that's good. I've always wanted to be in the same class as Kaede-kun, and now that we're in our second year, it can finally come true!!!"
Looking at the smile on Eriri's face, Kaede also smiled, but at the same time, his smile carried a hint of mystery.
That's right, although Kaede had just told Eriri that they would be in the same class, there were many other things he had secretly arranged, but hadn't told Eriri yet.
In fact, he hadn't told anyone yet.
And so, the two arrived at school.
As they walked through the school gate, they saw many new faces, clearly the newly enrolled first-year students.
"New students, it immediately reminds me of when I first enrolled a year ago!" Eriri reminisced, "At that time, I never imagined how much my life would change a year later."
"Mm-hmm, me neither."
Nodding, Kaede tightened his grip on Eriri's hand.
Feeling the pressure on her hand, Eriri gave Kaede a brilliant and happy smile, instantly attracting the attention of many new students around them.
Well, Kaede was already used to this. He believed it wouldn't take even a day for these new students to learn about him and Eriri.
"Yo! You two, you finally made it!"
At the entrance of the school building, Kitamura Yusaku had arrived a step earlier than them and had been waiting there. "Let's go, it's time to check the class assignments. I've been holding back from looking!"
After changing his shoes, Kaede glanced at the dense crowd standing by the class assignment list and said with a wry smile, "So many people, let's not try to squeeze in."
"It's fine, it's just looking at a list. It'll only take two minutes to get up there. Anyway, we have enough time this morning."
As he spoke, Kitamura Yusaku looked behind him and laughed, "Hahaha, this reminds me of when we first enrolled last year!"
"En?"
Kaede and Eriri turned around, following Kitamura Yusaku's gaze, and then couldn't help but burst out laughing.
In their line of sight, Takasu Ryuji was walking towards them. However, unlike usual, there were many new students around him this time, and upon meeting Takasu Ryuji's gaze, these new students either stopped in fear or dodged to the sides.
One could imagine Takasu Ryuji's current mood; it was clear that he himself had forgotten the intimidating characteristic of his eyes during the past year.
Seeing Kaede and the other two in front, Takasu Ryuji finally showed a hint of a smile.
As he got closer and was about to greet them, he heard Kitamura Yusaku say, "Takasu just arrived. With him here, those new students will definitely clear a path."
"..."
Takasu Ryuji really wanted to beat him up right now.